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Friday, August 22, 2014

Reciprocal Relationships - Part 2

Back last year I wrote about Reciprocal
Relationships as they pertained to our interactions with the Kindred, the
Outdwellers, and even each other. Over the years I have been researching
sustainable living and permaculture. It has led me to another personal insight
when it comes to reciprocal relationships. I never really thought too heavy
about in the past but now it seems to stand out like bright neon sign. That is
the one we have with our environment.

In
permaculture the idea is to farm and garden in such a way that we are using the
natural growth cycles and patterns to create an environment that adds to the
land, not destroying it like modern farming practices. To do this we have to observe
nature, the cycles of the seasons, interactions of animals with the
environment, and weather patterns. All this knowledge allows us to plan our
gardens and farms in such a way that it grows naturally through well-established
methods of life and death within nature.

But to
do this we have to create a reciprocal relationship with the earth, our
environment, and with all the animals living near us. When we work to create a
farming system that mimics the natural environment it can feed and fertilize
itself. It creates an environment with natural predator and prey cycles that
that allows us to be free from the use of harmful toxic chemicals. All of this
generates increasing fertility in the world around us. It allows for we humans
to mitigate and restore the damage we do to the world through the belief that
we our ‘outside’ the nature world. Making these changes puts us into a position
so that we can receive the full benefit and fertility of the land.

So
through being good stewards of the land, changing our ways of farming and
gardening, and being full participate in our environments health, we create reciprocal
relations with our planet in which all of nature benefits.

The following images are what can be achieved with permaculture that other nations have seen. It is the restoration of human damage by human care.

Here is a prime example of this reciprocal relationship with the land and not only support themselves but they are able to sell food for income as well... IN the city!You can learn more about their farm and organization at: Food Abundance International

About Me

I am an ordained Neo-Pagan Druid Priest that follows the path of Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF). I am just a Druid gay man making my way through life, trying to find where my path will lead me and learning as much as I can along the way. As a published writer, I work to help educate people on the Druid path, Paganism in general, and magical practices.